Paterno to remain in hospital

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Joe Paterno will stay in the hospital at least through Wednesday, and possibly longer, as a precautionary step in the Penn State coach's recovery from left leg surgery.

The 79-year-old coach was in good condition Tuesday night at Mount Nittany Medical Center and had not had any complications from the operation, said Guido D'Elia, a team spokesman. Doctors were being "extra-cautious" and would take it day-to-day in determining when he could be released, D'Elia said.

Doctors operated Sunday on Paterno to repair a fractured shin bone and two torn knee ligaments in the left leg. The 41-year head coaching veteran was walloped along the sideline on Saturday by two players in the second half of Penn State's loss to Wisconsin.